The North Combee community in Lakeland has
utilized a $5,000 Neighborhood Matching Grant to purchase law enforcement
equipment for the Polk County Sheriff's Office COPS (Community Oriented
Policing) unit that serves that area.

Community members will present the newly
purchased equipment to COPS Deputy Robert Boehmler this Thursday, Oct.
3, 2002, at the Sesame Grotto Building located on Morgan Combee Road.

Community members used matching grant funds
from the Office of Neighborhood Revitalization to purchase a radar unit,
handheld breathalyzer, digital camera and tint meter for the North Combee
COPS unit. Two engravers also have been purchased. The engravers will be
used in the community to label property so that it can be identified if
stolen.

The special equipment will allow COPS
deputies to offer enhanced enforcement to the North Combee community in
the areas of speeding, DUI enforcement, crime investigation and various
other community related areas of concern.